Business Law Updates

A water company has been criticised by the country’s top judge for its handling of a leak which led to raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Kent. Defective equipment at a pumping station

In a decision of huge significance to Internet providers, broadcasters, publishers and others whose income streams depend on intellectual property rights, the nation’s most senior judge has sanctioned the increasing practice of privately prosecuting pirates

New procurement rules for public bodies will affect businesses, especially those that have a chequered past. Under the new EU Public Procurement Directive, authorities placing contracts will be able to consider social criteria in making

In a case which highlighted the vital distinction for tax purposes between shares that are acquired by subscription on issue, and those that are subsequently purchased, a businessman has convinced a tribunal that he is

The Government’s controversial plans for a new high speed rail link between London and the North (HS2) have been boosted after the Supreme Court rejected arguments that there had been a failure to comply with

Controversial plans for a huge underground gas storage facility in Lancashire have been boosted after the High Court identified ‘real deficiencies’ in the Government’s decision to reject the scheme and directed a full reconsideration of

In a warning to small businesses managed without the benefit of financial or legal advice, a skip hire boss who claimed that over £300,000 in loans that he had advanced to his father’s company had

In a case which signals a judicial crackdown on the enforcement of environmental protection and health and safety rules, the owner of the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria has failed in an appeal against a

A world-renowned belly dancer who has performed for royalty will have to stomach a costly defeat in her battle with the tax authorities after a tribunal ruled that the private tuition that she gives her

Google Inc. has failed to block landmark High Court proceedings brought by three disgruntled Internet users who say that they were caused ‘acute distress and anxiety’ due to the tracking and collation of their private